Design and plan in the British country house from castle donjons to Palladian boxes

The villas of Andrea Palladio have been among the most influential buildings in history. Drawing on the architect's original published legacy of forty-odd designs, George Hersey an...

This chapter explores how the Country Music Association and the Country Music Foundation have shaped the telling of country music history. It traces the development of the Foundati...

Historic House Museums in the United States and the United Kingdom: A History addresses the phenomenon of historic houses as a distinct species of museum. Everyone understands the ...

This book documents one of the holiest Islamic sites in Makkah, the House of Khadeejah (may Allah be pleased with her), which housed the best creation of God, the Prophet Mohammad ...

British Experiences in the French Foreign Legion during the Interwar Period examines how, during the Interwar period, a few Britons joined the French Foreign Legion, in spite of th...

For every great country house of the Georgian period, there was usually also a town house. Chatsworth, for example, the home of the Devonshires, has officially been recognised as o...

Timothy Dodge explores African American interest in and participation in country music dates from the earliest days of the recording industry’s racial segregation of vernacular mus...